Purple Haze

Midnight Screening

An homage to Catcher in the Rye set in the summer of 1968 on the West Bank in Minneapolis, Purple Haze stars Peter Nelson as an alienated Matt Caulfield who waits for his draft notice amid summer-of-love adventures. Set to a score that includes Hendrix, Cream, the Jefferson Airplane, and other period rock classics. 1982, 35mm, 97 minutes.